''Cnephia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of 9
species
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of black flies. They are distributed in scattered locations across the
Northern Hemisphere
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, from
Ukraine
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to Eastern
Siberia
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, and some parts of
North America
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.
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Species
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C. angarensis''
Rubtsov, 1956
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C. chaurensis''
Yankovsky, 2000
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C. dacotensis''
(Dyar & Shannon, 1927)
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C. eremites''
Shewell, 1952
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C. intermedia''
Rubtsov, 1956
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C. ornithophilia''
Davies, Peterson & Wood, 1962
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C. pallipes''
(Fries, 1824)
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C. pecuarum''
(Riley, 1887)
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C. toptchievi''
Yankovsky, 1996
Literature cited
Simuliidae
Culicomorpha genera
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